Mediastinal involvement in ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecological cancer after breast cancer and the leading cause of gynaecological cancer-related deaths. 1 Lymphatic spread and direct peritoneal tumour seeding are the most common metastatic routes of ovarian cancer. 2 Mediastinal involvement is a rare pheno...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2013-05, Vol.2013, p.bcr2013009795
Hauptverfasser: Nwankwo, Nwabundo, Gilman, Alan D, Mirrakhimov, Aibek E, Iroegbu, Nkemakolam A
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Zusammenfassung:Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecological cancer after breast cancer and the leading cause of gynaecological cancer-related deaths. 1 Lymphatic spread and direct peritoneal tumour seeding are the most common metastatic routes of ovarian cancer. 2 Mediastinal involvement is a rare phenomenon in patients with ovarian adenocarcinoma, with a few reports being published in the scientific literature. 3-6 Learning points Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecological malignancy, being the leading cause of gynaecological cancer-related mortality.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-009795